As many as 476 of us died and 985 others had been injured in 467 avenue accidents across the country in August, constant with the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
Additionally, 10 accidents happened on railways and 13 on waterways. In total, 490 accidents across avenue, rail, and waterways resulted in 534 deaths and 989 injuries, it acknowledged in a press originate this day (19 September).
Of these, 193 motorcycle accidents accounted for 206 deaths and 201 injuries, representing 41.32% of all accidents, 43.27% of all deaths, and 20.40% of all injuries.
The file, signed by the organisation’s Secretary Frequent Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, became once compiled constant with media reviews.
In step with the Jatri Kalyan Samity file, the highest quantity of avenue accidents happened in Dhaka with 117 incidents, 121 deaths, and 261 injuries, whereas the least happened in Barishal with 27 incidents, 26 deaths, and 93 injuries.
It extra acknowledged, 41.54% of the total accidents concerned vehicles running over pedestrians, 33.19% had been head-on collisions, 22.05% concerned vehicles shedding take care of a watch on and falling into ditches, 2.56% had been as a result of various causes, 0.42% had been collisions with trains, and 0.21% had been as a result of garments caught in wheels.
